The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings: Poems, Tales, Essays, and Reviews (Penguin Classics)

Poe, Edgar Allan

ISBN 10: 0140432914 / ISBN 13: 9780140432916

Published by Penguin Classics, 1986

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Synopsis:

Essays on literature accompany poems and stories about the strange forces that lead men to their doom.

About the Author: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) was born in Boston and orphaned at an early age. Taken in by a couple from Richmond, Virginia, he spent a semester at the University of Virginia but could not afford to stay longer. After joining the Army and matriculating as a cadet, he started his literary career with the anonymous publication of Tamerlane and Other Poems, before working as a literary critic. His life was dotted with scandals, such as purposefully getting himself court-martialled to ensure dismissal from the Army, being discharged from his job at the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond after being found drunk by his boss, and secretly marrying his thirteen-year-old cousin Virginia (listed twenty-one on the marriage certificate). His work took him to both New York City and Baltimore, where he died at the age of forty, two years after Virginia.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fall of the House of Usher and Other ...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication Date: 1986
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Very Good